SweetSue's Cannabis Oil Study Hall - Interpreting Strains

SweetSue;3159930 said:

HashGirl;3159712 said:

Heck, I don't even know why one strain I have that has high THC (19%) and no CBD puts me to sleep and the other one I have (23% THC and no CBD) gets me high. It sure would make it easier to understand why if someone somewhere posted the actual components (all of them) that gets you high and the actual components for pain relief, stress relief, cancer healing, etc.

I know there are lists of which strains are good for what ailments but personally, I'd like to understand why they're good for one thing or another.

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Will this help?

It's not so much why they're good for one or another. It's about which receptors they typically attach to. The CB1 receptors, the ones THC stimulate, are mostly found in the brain and the central nervous system. The ones stimulated by CBD are the CB2 receptors, found in the rest of the body.

THC effects pain by knocking its awareness out of your immediate consciousness. CBD effects pain by reducing inflammation, for the most part. THC for immediate relief, with supplementation of CBD for future relief.

That's the Cliff Notes version.

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KingstonRabbi;3160158 said:

So we know a fair amount about which components treat which conditions, but we are just getting started on the whys and hows. Great place to start is the article Sue posted a few pages back (not the long one, the really long one. ) Reminds me I need to go through that again.

Another source for more precise match for which strains treat what conditions is to read the strain reviews on another website I can't name. Charts and guides can list symptoms treated vaguely. But the reviews, if you read enough of them, really give you a vivid picture of what a strain can do for you and whether or not it's a good fit for you.

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